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Windows 7 ( 64 bit ) freezes on logoff or shutdown

New HP G71-320US. Installed the ZoneAlarm Free 64bit client. Couldn't log off or shutdown after that - Winblows hung at the "Logging Off" screen - with the happy little Win-Aero spinning away forever.
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Went through all the processes in the task manager - killing them one by one - until I found that if I killed ZA Force Field, I could then log off with no problems.
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Now knowing the culprit process, I Googled for ForceField, ZoneAlarm, Windows7 - to make a long story short - I found a post suggesting that OTHER problems with Windows processed had been solved by just disabling the ZoneAlarm Automatic Update process (in ZA preferences).
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Sure enough - with Auto Update disabled in the ZA preferences, logoff and shutdown work fine.
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Just thought you'd wanna know.
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Merlin